NSW Legislative Council member calls on Australian government to  recognize Armenian Genocide 

ArmInfo.  Shadow Special Minister of State, Liberal Member of the NSW Legislative Council Chris Rath has posted the following post on his X account: 

"Today, Armenian-Australians remember the terrible atrocities  committed by the Ottoman Empire. I call upon the Federal Government  to formally recognise the Armenian Genocide and stand with our  Armenian community." 

The largest Australian state of Australia, New South Wales, adopted a  resolution on April 17, 1997, condemning the mass crimes committed in  the Ottoman Empire and recognizing these crimes as the first genocide  of the 20th century. 

Moreover, on May 8, 2013, the Legislative Assembly (Lower House) of  the Parliament of New South Wales, Australia unanimously adopted an  act recognizing the genocides of Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks.